---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of the nine development districts; requires department approval of regional tourism organization's planned marketing initiatives prior to the organization receiving matching state funds; provides definitions related to tourism. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22."
description: "Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of the nine development districts; requires department approval of regional tourism organization's planned marketing initiatives prior to the organization receiving matching state funds; provides definitions related to tourism. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1887"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1887 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Tourist Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d04f151-5f4d-4859-90fc-879f8be67912"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1887&ga=114"
source_hash: "6be7cd9730b87e096f796b006a8789ab8104b52a9c2c07dd1fcfaa828150f862"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 1887 (114) — Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of the nine development districts; requires department approval of regional tourism organization's planned marketing initiatives prior to the organization receiving matching state funds; provides definitions related to tourism. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0610** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0610.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1887.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/30/2026 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (4) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (3) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-27** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0610) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0610) `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/16/2026
- **2026-04-28** Pub. Ch. 707

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d04f151-5f4d-4859-90fc-879f8be67912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).